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(NoMcdL) D. ALGORN, Jr., 8; R. A. BLAKE.

GORSET STEEL FASTENING.

Patented Sepfi..15, 1885.-

NITED STATES DAVID ALOORN, JR., AND ROBERT A. BLAKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSET-STEEL FASTENING.

$PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,259, datedSeptember 15, 1885.

Application filed June 1, 1885. (No model.) i

i 0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID ALOORN, J r., and R0131. A. BLAKE, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Corset-Steel Fastenings; and the following is declared tobe a description of the same.

Our present invention relates to improvements upon the device describedand claimed in Letters Patent granted to us May 12, 1885, No. 317,699.

The object of our present invention is to provide, in connection withthe ordinary corset-fastening, a swinging plate which shall act toprevent the accidental unfastening of the corset-steels, and to lock thenecks of the studs upon one steel into the eye-plates upon the othersteel, and these swinging or looking plates are so constructed that theupward movement is limited by contact with one of the rivets that holdthe eye-plates to the steel, and the downward movement is also limitedby a projection upon the locking-plate coming in contact with a rivet orstop.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the upper part of a pair ofcorset-steels with our improvement shown thereon. Fig. 2 is a sectionalplan at the line w x of Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is an elevation of part of a pair of steels as being fastened. Figs. 4and 5 are elevations embodying slight modificationsin the lockir gplate.

A B represent a pairof corset-steels, to one of which are rivetedeyeplates O, to engage with the studs D upon the other steel. The eyesof the plates are at their inner ends of sufficient size to allow theheads of the studs D to pass through, and are only large enough at theirouter ends to receive the necks or shanks of said studs. The eye-platesO and studs D are riveted t0 the steels A B.

The locking swinging plates E are usually of the shape shown in Fig. 1,and are pivotally connected to the eye-plates G or steel A by a rivetedpin, a, and upon the outer ends of said plates E there are thumb knobsor projections b, for convenience in raising or lowering the said platesin fastening or unfastening the corset-clasp. These plates E are formedwith recesses at 1, inclines at 2 and 3, and recesses at 4, and thestops 0r projections c are also a part of said plates E.

In the position of the upper clasp in Fig. 1 the plate E'is elevated,its upper edge coming in contact with the rivet 5, thus limiting itsupward movement, and in the lower clasp of Fig. 1, as depressed andlocked, the stop 0 is brought against the same rivet 5, and the downwardmovement is thus limited, this stop being especially available when thecorset is unclasped to preventthe plate E dropping too far.

In the position shown in Fig. 3 the corset is about to be clasped withthe plate E depressed, and the neck of the stud D, pressing against tlieinoline 3, raises the plate E, which is afterward pushed down to place,theincline 2, acting against the neck of the studs D to press it toplace, and the recess 1 receiving said neck and locking the stud betweenit and the end of the slot in the eye-plate G.

In Figs. 4. and 5 the stop or projection c is shown upon the undersideof the plate E, stopping against the rivet 6, andin Fig. 5 the plate Eis shown as pivotally connected to the steel A by pin 7, the said platebeing continued out beyond the edge of the eye-plate C, so as to beconnected to the steel.

We claim as our invention- 1. The corset-steels and eye-plate and rivetshaving projecting heads connecting said eye-plate to one of the steels,and a stud upon the other steel, in combination with a latchplate, apivot for the same adjacent to the rivets of the eye-plate, and havingthe recess in the outer end to receive and lock the stud, and a stop orprojection on the plate, near the pivot thereof, to take against one ofthe eyeplate rivets to limit the downward movement of the plate,substantially as set forth.

2. The corset-steels A and B, the stud D on the steel B, the eye-plateO, and rivets with projecting heads for securing said eye-plate to thesteel A, in combination with the latchplate E, a pivot for the same nearthe rivets that attach the eye-plate, so that said rivets limit themovement of the latch-plate in each direction, said latch-plate having athumbknob at the outer end, and a recess, 1, and in- Signed by us this26th day of May, A. D. cline 2 below said recess, substantially as and1885. for the purposes setforth.

3. The combination, with the corset-steels DAVID ALCORN, JR. A B,eye-plate O, and stud D, of a pivotally- ROBT. A. BLAKE. connectedplate, E, stops to limit the movement in both directions, said platehaving an Witnesses: incline at 3 to be automatically operated in GEO.T. PINCKNEY, clasping the corset, and a recess for locking WILLIAM G.MOTT. the stud D, substantially as specified.

